Christmas in Utah...

Christmas morning

LOVE this picture of Nolen and Will

Nolen started to tear apart his present from Santa as soon as he saw it

Nolen DISLIKED the cold and snow- hopefully next year...

Always had to be near his Papa:)

Owen and I decided to make a last minute trip to Utah for Christmas...and it is JUST what we needed! It was sooo nice to go home and be with family. We totally relaxed and enjoyed every minute. Nolen and his cousin Will are BEST FRIENDS. They were UNSEPERABLE! Nolen still wakes up saying "Wheel Wheel!" (Will Will) or "Papa! Nana??" Nolen also cant get enough of Papa and Nana...they spoil that boy a lot and he LOVES it:)

Congrats Owen!

Owen graduated with a bachelors in Human Development with and emphasis in Health Services!! Sooo proud of him:) Now on to the job hunt! To celebrate his HUGE accomplishment I had the help of many family members throw him a surprise party! Thank you for all who came and supported him! He was sooo happy to see everyone and enjoy another night with family:)

*Unfortunatly didnt get any pics of the man him self!

Dewey Family Christmas Party

Always so much fun to get together with this gang- food, gingerbread house making, food, laughing, white elephant gift exchange, food, kids in their jammies, food, good times!

Halloween...

Buzz had a BLAST trick-or-treating w/ his cousins Hallie and Kylie! He LOVED walkin around with his other cousin Laney- thought she was super cool. It was so fun to see him get excited and run to each house...even though he thought he was invited into each home as well...

Broken things to mend...

I watched this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWM4U6gnPE8&feature=share on this blog- www.patrickandashley.blogspot.com
Jefferey R. Holland is one of my favorite apostles- every time he speaks I feel so reasured that the gospel of Jesus Christ is true. If you haven't checked out the above blog- do so. It is soooo inspiring. I can't even begin to imagine what it would be like to lose a child- and yet this video helps me understand that even the littlest of trials or discouragments can be brought to the Lord. No matter what is going on in our lives, the good and bad, we can always turn to our Father in Heaven and His Son for peace. We just need to keep our heads above the stormy water and TRUST in Him!

New Start...

above-Nolen and Papa Nolte on our visit to Ut. in Aug.

Cousin William

Three of the five brothers...Bryan, Mark and John (at our family reunion)

Grandkids w/ their cool tye dyes!

The amazing cake my sis-in-law Sarah made for my hubby on his bday- The Office!

Grandma Karen w/ Nolen at Bates Nut Farm

Well- I am going to start blogging again. Even though my blog doesn't look the way I want it to- I am ready to become better at "journaling" our family events:) Since it has been FOREVER since my last update- I will just add a few photos from the past few months instead of downloading EVERY picture I have...simplicity- that's how I roll!

Anyway- stay tuned...I hope that I will get better and better at this and have more fun doing it:)

Enjoy.

enough already!

hi there! still alive- yes. just not in the posting mood lately as you can see:) and this one wont even come w/ pictures- sorry! i will get to pictures soon enogh...maybe. but anyway- most of you know by now and if you dont you will NOW- im pregnant- 17 weeks to be exact! wahoo! i look like im 28 weeks pregnant already-probably why there wont be any week by week photos of me...hehe. anyway we are thrilled. i had AWFUL morning sickness and it finally started to go away around week 15 but all of a sudden it surprised me last night- sick as a dog again. what the crap??? other than feeling like i just want to sleep this pregnancy off things are well! like i say- hopefully there will be more posts to come with pictures very soon- cuz we have had a great summer thus far!
buhbye!